Last night I was working in my garden in the back of my house. It is cooler at night and the area is well lit, so I sometimes prefer nighttime gardening.

Anyway, when I was almost done re-potting some plants, I felt a sting on my left calf. I looked down and there was a 4 inch centipede, not the big one with blue legs, but the smaller fast one. I brushed it off but the damage was done. I went inside to wash the bite, put rubbing alcohol, some neosporin, and some cortizone. It burned for a few hours (like a jellyfish sting) but that was it.

So here is the point. I looked down at that centipede on my leg and thought that is must be thinking: "Take that Karate man! Block this!" Just keeping it real.

I think this was my first centipede bite. Lucky I am not allergic. Most people don't know this but we have little scorpions here too -- I saw one a month ago in my eldest son's yard. I will have to be more careful.

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"Karate Jutsu" means "China Hand art". Karate came to Okinawa from China.
Only in the 1930s or so, was the term "Karate" changed to mean "Empty Hand".
"China Hand" was used in Hawaii until after World War II, and is still used in some dojo.